00                            SENATE BILL NO. 281                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to interdistrict operation of public schools; relating to enrollment of                                
02 students by school districts and regional educational attendance areas; and relating to                                 
03 charter schools and correspondence programs."                                                                           
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.03.250 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
06            (d)  A local school board and the state Board of Education and Early                                         
07       Development may approve an application to establish a charter school that allows                                  
08       enrollment of students who reside outside of the district or regional educational                                 
09       attendance area and that establishes a charter school outside of the district or regional                         
10       educational attendance area.                                                                                      
11    * Sec. 2. AS 14.12.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
12            (d)  Nothing in this section prohibits the expansion of a school district                                    
13       operating area by the governing body of a borough or city school district to allow                                
14       enrollment of students who reside outside of the district or regional educational                                 

01       attendance area boundaries and to establish schools outside of the district or regional                           
02       educational attendance area boundaries.                                                                           
03    * Sec. 3. AS 14.14 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
04            Sec. 14.14.112. Interdistrict operation of a public school by a district.                                  
05       Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a school district may                                        
06                 (1)  operate a public school located in an area of another district                                     
07       established under AS 14.12.010; and                                                                               
08                 (2)  enroll students who reside in the state in any public school operated                              
09       by the district at the written request of the parent or legal guardian of the student.                            
10    * Sec. 4. AS 14.17.430 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
11            (b)  In this section, "correspondence study program" and "correspondence                                     
12       program" mean a public school instructional delivery system for students in grades                                
13       one through 12, or a combination of those grades, that connects students with                                     
14       educational resources but that does not have routine daily responsibility for the                                 
15       physical safety, behavior, or health of students enrolled in the program.